Belief in Hell among adults who read scripture at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who read scripture at least once a week by belief in hell

% of adults who read scripture at least once a week who …in hell

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA84%11%4%237
Assemblies of God90%5%5%359
Church of God in Christ91%1%7%115
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints61%31%8%499
Churches of Christ89%7%4%303
Episcopal Church42%35%23%113
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)61%27%12%188
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)90%5%5%509
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)75%11%14%138
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod79%8%13%182
National Baptist Convention88%9%3%318
Nondenominational charismatic84%10%6%142
Nondenominational evangelical86%5%9%500
Nothing in particular (religion important)64%28%8%426
Nothing in particular (religion not important)43%45%12%112
Presbyterian Church (USA)70%17%14%168
Seventh-day Adventist53%38%9%122
Southern Baptist Convention88%6%6%1,211
United Methodist Church73%17%9%640
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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